Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Recent reports have suggested that the mobile market will suffer under
the coming global economic superstorm. However, a new report out of the
US suggests otherwise and that the saviour will be the fresh blood of
the global economy.
Despite the current global economic downturn, the
number of mobile network subscribers worldwide will continue to grow at
a rate of nearly 8% annually through 2013, with 90% of that growth
coming from emerging economies, according to a new report from Pyramid
Research (www.pyr.com).
Mobile Subscriber & Revenue Forecast 2008-2013: Emerging Market
Opportunities delivers a five-year worldwide forecast for mobile
network subscribers, including market penetration rates by region and
service revenues by region.
"Worldwide mobile subscriptions will grow from 4.0 billion this year to
5.85 billion in 2013, for a compound average growth rate of nearly 8%,"
says Leslie Arathoon, Vice President of Research at Pyramid Research
and co-author of the report.
"About 90% of the new subscriptions will come from emerging markets."
According to the report, Asia-Pacific, already the world's biggest
market for mobile services by subscriber count, will continue to be the
top region for mobile subscriber growth, while Africa and the Middle
East will surpass other regions to become the second-largest mobile
market by subscriber count by 2013.
Other key findings of Mobile Subscriber & Revenue Forecast 2008-2013: Emerging Market Opportunities include the following:
* Between 2008 and 2013, the number of mobile subscriptions will
increase from 4bn to 5.85bn, at a compound annual growth rate of 7.9%.
Africa and the Middle East as well as Asia will account for the biggest
subscriber gains, while Europe will see its share of the global
subscription base shrink.
* By 2013, global mobile subscription penetration will top 83%,
compared with an expected 60% penetration rate at year-end 2008.
* The global market for mobile voice and data communications
services will be worth US$908bn in 2008. We expect market revenue to
grow at a CAGR of 6.0% over the next five years to reach $1.2 trillion
by 2013.
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